Judge T.S. Ellis III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia rejected Paul Manafort's claim that Special Counsel Robert Mueller lacks the authority to pursue charges against him, denying Manafort's motion to dismiss the indictment. The full opinion is available below.

Victoria Clark is an intern at Lawfare. She was formerly a national security intern in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. She is a senior at Georgetown University studying Government and History.